Tools and Cutting Solutions: New and Notable

Revolutionary Robotic Sawjet Technology by BACA Systems

Robolution Pro is the only robotic sawjet solution that performs miter cuts with both the saw blade and the waterjet, allowing fabricators to complete miter cuts with ease. Robolution Pro can cut inside miters, drop edge miters, and complex arc miter cuts, allowing the system to provide the flexibility to meet any design challenge. The mitering capability dramatically reduces downstream labor and manual finishing. All the miter cuts can be performed during the sawjet process resulting in accurate edges.

The Robolution Pro also compensates for variations in material thickness and warpage with BACA’s adaptive cutting technology, to produce perfect miter joints with tight glue lines.

Equipped with a powerful 26-hp saw and standard variable frequency drive (VFD), Robolution Pro excels at processing materials such as quartzite, ultra-compact slabs and porcelains. The VFD provides the ability to control the rpm of the saw blade, allowing cut parameters to be optimized for each material type that is processed.

For more information visit www.bacasystems.com.

Miter X by BACA Systems

Shops all over the country are choosing the No. 1 sold dedicated mitering solution, the Miter X, to meet their needs of creating mitered edges on Dekton, Porcelain, Quartzite, and Granite. With the robust 25-hp motor, the dedicated Miter X saw makes precise mitered edges faster than any other miter saw on the market without slowing down your other production saws. By putting the polished side down on the perfectly flat table, any thickness variation in the stone will not affect the finished piece. Because the pieces are clamped down and the blade is perfectly calibrated, it minimizes chipping from blade vibration and misalignment. The Miter X is easy to use and does not require a skilled operator allowing anyone in the shop to create perfect miters.

For more information visit www.bacasystems.com.

Farnese TECHNICUT 5-Axis CNC Saw Bridge Saw from GranQuartz

The TECHNICUT CNC Saw is the latest in Top Bridge Saw Design. It is a full 5-axis CNC controlled saw fitted with side vacuum manipulators for ease of movement of the material with thickness measuring probe. It’s a fully automatic, highproducing, reliable Bridge Saw used for cutting slabs, holes for sinks, miter cuts, and it features a 360-degree rotating head.

The easy-to-use Farnese software supplied with the TECHNICUT allows for any 2-D shapes to be produced manually or by using DXF files. The spindle uses a half-inch gas connection; a rubber cutting table feature allows for reduced vibration; and the TECHNICUT is equipped with a side vacuum pad for positioning pieces while performing blind or curved cuts. An advanced digital camera makes positioning the slab easy. A standard Internet connection allows for technical service remote access for quick troubleshooting and additional online training. The TECHNICUT Saw can be ordered in either Gantry Style (side legs) or Mono Block Style. For more information visit www.granquartz.com.

LT-2D3D Laser Templator from LPI

Whether it’s labor, capacity or operational costs, businesses face many challenges with growth or even keeping pace with demand and competition. The emergence of digital templating and fabrication offers several benefits and solutions to those challenges. The same fundamentals and experience from manual templating still apply with digital, just executed in a different and more efficient way allowing you to complete more jobs per week or even expand your services.

LPI’s digital templating software is designed to be extremely intuitive; CAD experience is not required. Quickly shoot any horizontal and vertical job, and then finish your file with overhangs, edge and corner profiles, sink and appliance cutouts, backsplashes, and much more—all on-site. Send jobsite photos, estimates, customer sign-offs and even CNC-ready files back to the shop directly from the jobsite to expedite the process.

For more information, visit www.laserproductsus.com.

SABERjet XP by Park Industries

Expand your productivity with the SABERjet XP, now available in a two-table option. The SABERjet XP features Hypertherm Echion 50-hp waterjet system. This, paired with 24-hp blade cutting and a 5-axis waterjet, provides unbeaten power that doubles production. The XP introduction also comes standard with an automated programming, specifically designed to cut ultra-compact, quartzite and porcelain materials with increased speed, precision and reliability.

The SABERjet’s optional VFD (Variable Frequency Drive) increases the saw’s efficiency when cutting ultra-compact surfaces and materials. This VFD option operates at a range of 1,200 to 2,500 rpm.

The small footprint, single-pick, monoblock design of the SABERjet is ideal, offering true unitized design with no bolt-on extensions resulting in extreme rigidity. The compact sawjet design requires minimal floor space and works well with low ceiling heights—only 11 ft. tall with a no-whip waterjet design.

With one of the largest mitering work envelopes in the stone industry—up to 7' x 12" slab coverage—the SABERjet XP can achieve any miter with its precision mitering blade or use its MiterJet (optional upgrade). The accuracy of the blade and jet produces flawless miter cuts allowing for tightly nested, clean, accurate parts. Arc miters? No problem. The SABERjet XP quickly and easily performs mitered cuts with its waterjet on nonlinear features or sharp 90-degree inside mitered corners in a single pass.

The SABERjet™ XP’s orthogonal cutting mode allows the machine’s blade to cut manually in any direction at

any desired angle, with a laser line guide. This cutting style allows for simple manual cuts without generating a program.

With a focus on increasing programming speed, precision and simplicity, the SABERjet XP comes with automated programming features designed specifically for cutting ultra-compact, quartzite and porcelain materials. Positioning of the machine can be controlled by using manual joysticks on the HMI or a remote pendant, which allows operators to move freely around the sawjet.

For more information, visit www.parkindustries.com.

SAi Releases New EnRoute 7 CAD/CAM Software

SA International announced the newest version of EnRoute, EnRoute 7. The new software is packed with all the features of SAi’s previous version but now includes a 64-bit engine, making it faster and more productive than ever before.

It has a new, modern user interface to make workflows easier, and it includes right-click how-to videos providing instant access to training videos. SAi has also included a Cloud window in the new interface that allows customers to easily manage their account and access support along with the new EnRoute knowledge base.

Other efficiency-enhancing tools available are improved fill logistics with a no-lift option to help Z travel time as well as advanced editing tools. Additionally, EnRoute 7 now includes the flatbed distortion tool that cuts based on the location of printed fiducials, so no camera systems are needed.

For more information visit www.thinksai.com/product/ enroute.